ireland The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes Seamus Bellamy

design Fantastic social justice hoodies and t-shirts featuring black activists and leaders David Pescovitz

History Tourists deported for crapping in Macchu Picchu and damaging the stonework David Pescovitz

religion Congregants allegedly pressured to to sell their own blood and donate the funds to their church Seamus Bellamy

evangelicals A harrowing look inside the apocalyptic Evangelical cult around Donald Trump Thom Dunn

Robert Crumb Robert Crumb's iconic "Stoned Agin!" original art up for auction Mark Frauenfelder

Shotguns and Accordions: the 1970s marijuana music of Colombia David Pescovitz

law Foie Gras banned in New York City Rob Beschizza

egypt Looted ancient Egyptian coffin to finally be returned to Egypt Xeni Jardin

san francisco "American Indian headdresses" banned from major San Francisco festival Rusty Blazenhoff

trump Italy evicts Steve Bannon from $110,000-a-year medieval monastery that was to be was his “gladiator school for cultural warriors” Xeni Jardin

tabloids Prince Harry’s paternity nightmare and the Royal Family changed forever, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Save the Vulcan! 200 working-class Oakland artists are crowfunding to save their homes and fight the-rent-is-too-damned-high Xeno Evil

music Reggae is now on UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritage David Pescovitz

gop Good riddance: Justice Kennedy; Democrats, it's time for hardcore, relentless Gorsuch payback Cory Doctorow

housewares Bavaria says its mandatory crosses aren't religious, so there should be no problem hanging them upside-down, right? Cory Doctorow

india The Taj Mahal's white marble walls are turning green and brown with pollution Seamus Bellamy

uk UK police train machine-learning model using Experian data that stereotypes people based on garden size, first names, and postal codes Cory Doctorow

geoglyphs Driver trucks up Peru's ancient Nazca Lines Seamus Bellamy

tedx Record digger shares a great story about the discovery of a 'Holy Grail' album Rusty Blazenhoff